My Writings
A Letter to My Father
Goodbyes are hard when they are final. But they are hardest when they remain unspoken. I can’t get my head around the fact that you just disappeared without any warning.
What Sandeep Maheshwari’s debacle taught us…
The more you think you know, the more you think of yourself. Sandeep Maheshwari's recent debacle showed just that.
डर के आगे जीत है!
जैसा उसका नाम था, वैसी ही वह थी। वह अपना कार्य बहुत मेहनत से सिद्ध करती थी।
मैं अकेला ही ठीक हूँ
आरज़ू नहीं अमरता की मुझे,
मैं गुमनामियों में शरीक हूँ...
टग ऑफ वॉर
आज कल के माता-पिता अपने बच्चों के नाम कितने प्यारे और आकर्षक रखते हैं। जैसे की आरव, ईशान, चैतन्य, अन्विता, प्रांजल। मेरे स्कूल में दोस्तों के नाम क्या होते थे, पता है? बाबू, बब्बन, ढेंगा, ढक्कन, केला, काजू, कुबड़ा और भुखड़। वो आखरी नाम मैं था।
A Letter to My Sister
Hey Babli, Yesterday was 12th day of mourning and all rituals have been performed. It is believed in Hinduism that on the 12th day, the Soul is joined with its forefathers/attains ‘moksha’. It is a matter of faith and there is no evidence or proof which can confirm this theory. I don’t know if there …
तुझसे मेरी जान जुड़ी है…
यार हर पहर, धूप या सहर
दिल पे तेरा पहरा है...
पाक जो करे, रूह को मेरे
ऐसा तेरा चेहरा है
The Shark & Octopus Story
And the shark replied, “Because that’s what friends are for.”
जीतेगा वही जो खेलेगा सही…
सीने में जो आग है तेरे,
बुझने ना दे उसको कभी।
बस एक कप कॉफी…
शादीशुदा ज़िन्दगी कश्मीर जैसी होती है, दूर से खूबसूरत दिखती है, मगर अंदर आतंक ही आतंक! ये वार्तालाप शादी के उन्हीं खतरों की चेतावनी देता है!
मैं इंसान हूँ…
कौन कहता है मैं क़ैद हूँ?
मैं क़ैद नहीं, मुस्तैद हूँ।
My experience of an unnoticed birthday…
It’s OK if people are not wishing you, you are getting independence from a moral debt of wishing others on any of their occasions for the rest of your life.
चलो फिर आज…
चलो फिर आज तकिये पे सर रखकर सो जाएँ,
चलो फिर आज चद्दर में मुंह ढक कर सो जाएँ...
वो पांचवी सालगिरह…
Raghav plans for a surprise gift for Madhu to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary and to reignite the spark in their relationship. Unfortunately, things do not turn out the way he expected.
Examine. Inquire…
I am not against your God. God, to me, is just an imaginary figure like 'Santa Clause' and 'Mother Goose'. Why should I hate any personal god or get angry towards him, when in the first place I know that God does not exist.
Turning 30!
Recently, I turned 30. And unlike any other Birthday, this time it was different.
How can you prove love?
Whether in case of love or any other feeling; in order to feel it, you need evidence to back it up.
Wishful Thinking
Before I was born, I didn't exist. I wasn't unhappy, I wasn't suffering in any way and I wasn't hopeless. I just didn't exist. And when I die, I'm going to return to what I was before.
Refuting Free Will Argument
If there is an omniscient God then you really can not do anything that is not written in his divine plan. Can you do it? Can you really surprise God?
How to be Miserable
Do things you don't like. Avoid--at all costs--doing anything you really want.
Taj Mahal
I have been to Taj Mahal five times in my life. And I do appreciate its beauty. But Somehow, I don't see Taj Mahal as a symbol of love. Or if it is a symbol, then it is a symbol of selfish love.
Ghosts and Spirits
When people will really start questioning their own belief they will find there was no ghost in the first place. Most of the time, people see the things that they want to see.
Do Miracles Happen?
How come all the other people are having illusions but u r not?
An Autosuggestion
No one can tell you what to think. You have your own mind and you must form your own free thoughts. You MUST not disrespect others who disagree with you. But that does NOT mean you must agree with whatever they say.
Secular Humanism
Humanism is entirely independent of all religions. It needs no ceremonies, Holy Books or incantations - it only needs a reasoning human mind.
In Defense of Science…
Science is not good or bad. Because science doesn't have a nature itself. Science is just an art of formulating and testing explanatory hypothesis for the set of natural phenomena. Science deals with reality of nature and reality is simply indifferent.
We Are Not Puppets…
Our ancestors had what it takes to find food, to get a mate, to reproduce, to avoid being eaten, to be good parents and so on...
Intelligence Quotient
Real intelligence is generally tested at the time when you face the crucial decisions of your life or when the situation is life threating. Dhirubhai Ambani (late Indian business tycoon) might not be able to solve the problems of calculus but no one can say he was not a genius.
The Art of Feeling Wonderful
Feeling wonderful is an art. Unlike other arts we can learn it at any age. Of course, the younger you are, the easier it becomes. It all depends on few techniques that one can master it on his own. This article just attempts to explore those techniques.
Wanna Get Lucky?
Let's first understand the difference between chance and luck. Chance events are like winning the lottery. They're events over which we have no control, other than buying a ticket.
Planet Earth : An Accident?
if there really is a personal God with intelligence who designed our planet then there should have been life on every planet. Why God would have wasted his time and energy on creating trillions of planets where there is no life? Just to amuse us?
Where did Morality come from?
Morality itself, certainly did not originate from religion. Our true sense of right and wrong has nothing to do with religion.
Is Eternity Precious?
If soul means 'a form of energy that animates the body' then that soul is present in every living creature. But that energy does not represent the outer image of our body that will enter in heaven or hell as most of the religions suggest.
Science and Religion
Science deals with natural laws. On the other hand religion believes in supernatural power. Now, to put supernatural forces into so-called science, makes creation science an oxymoron. You just can't have supernatural forces and call it science.
Why are there still monkeys?
I was in a biology room yesterday and some jewish guy came in room bashing and asked this question; “Hey Darwinist Pigs: If evolution is a fact, why are there still monkeys? AND WHY THE HELL AREN’T THEY EVOLVING?” I couldn’t believe he was asking this question. That is such an old and tired argument …
Knowing Vs. Believing
Believing is not the same as knowing. Believing is second hand knowledge. Knowing is first hand experience.
Why I don’t prefer to call myself an Atheist
I am not against faith. I am against hate. So, if some atheists hate all the religions, I am not one of them. I do not call myself a Hindu, Muslim, Christian, or even an atheist because I prefer to be called as a human.
God of the Gaps
Early in history Gods could be found everywhere. There were gods of the sea, gods of storms, gods of forests, gods of rivers, gods of cities, and probably gods of that place under the stairs where you can't quite reach.
Some logical fallacies
Circular reasoning is the practice of assuming something, in order to prove the very thing that you assumed.
CSA – Critical Self-Analysis
Human brain is compartmentized. The portion of the brain that deals with our own set of beliefs is not the same that deals with mathematics or logics
Reciprocal Determinism
Genes influence behavior. Environment influences behavior. Behavior influences the environment. and Environment, after awhile will encode certain features in genes, passing on specific personality differences.
Love is beyond our control
To fall in love is easy but its beyond you control to make them love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved and hope that someday they will start feeling the same emotions as you feel for them. The rest is up to them.
A brief moment of “Epiphany”
I had a brief moment of “epiphany” yesterday when without seeing anything or hearing anything, my mind was inundated with answers that I was always looking for.
Rational Spirituality
Universe is governed by natural laws that operate at different levels. These are all manifestations of a Single Principle underlying the creation. The Principle does not have material, or even spiritual existence. It is a 'Nonbeing'.
Why are there different religions?
Different people have different religion and religions are here to stay. But as history has shown us, as time goes by, old religions do fade away and new, improved and updated religions take their place.
The Evolution of Love
But why there is so much complexity? Because humans are the most complex products of evolution. Their interrelation with each other and other non human entities is correspondingly more complex.
What Religion do I follow?
I think the knowledge of God is not limited to what is in the Bible, Koran or in Geeta. We must know that truth is infinite.
My understanding of God
God is the Truth and Truth is pathless. God is love and love needs no intermediaries. You have to discover it yourself.